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TO DIRECT THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT TO CONGRESS A RE- PORT ON FUGITIVES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN OTHER COUN- TRIES WHOSE EXTRADITION IS SOUGHT BY THE UNITED STATES AND RELATED MATTERS; AND TO REQUIRE A RE- GIONAL STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE THREAT POSED BY BOKO HARAM MARKUP BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA, GLOBAL HEALTH, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 2189 and H.R. 3833 SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 Serial No. 114–227 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/ or http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 21–607PDF WASHINGTON : 2016 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:37 Nov 08, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 F:\WORK\_AGH\092216M\21607 SHIRL COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS EDWARD R. ROYCE, California, Chairman CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida BRAD SHERMAN, California DANA ROHRABACHER, California GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York STEVE CHABOT, Ohio ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey JOE WILSON, South Carolina GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida TED POE, Texas BRIAN HIGGINS, New York MATT SALMON, Arizona KAREN BASS, California DARRELL E. ISSA, California WILLIAM KEATING, Massachusetts TOM MARINO, Pennsylvania DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina ALAN GRAYSON, Florida MO BROOKS, Alabama AMI BERA, California PAUL COOK, California ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California RANDY K. WEBER SR., Texas GRACE MENG, New York SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania LOIS FRANKEL, Florida RON DESANTIS, Florida TULSI GABBARD, Hawaii MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas TED S. YOHO, Florida ROBIN L. KELLY, Illinois CURT CLAWSON, Florida BRENDAN F. BOYLE, Pennsylvania SCOTT DESJARLAIS, Tennessee REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin DAVID A. TROTT, Michigan LEE M. ZELDIN, New York DANIEL DONOVAN, New York AMY PORTER, Chief of Staff THOMAS SHEEHY, Staff Director JASON STEINBAUM, Democratic Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA, GLOBAL HEALTH, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey, Chairman MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina KAREN BASS, California CURT CLAWSON, Florida DAVID CICILLINE, Rhode Island SCOTT DESJARLAIS, Tennessee AMI BERA, California DANIEL DONOVAN, New York (II) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:37 Nov 08, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\WORK\_AGH\092216M\21607 SHIRL C O N T E N T S Page MARKUP ON H.R. 2189, To direct the President to submit to Congress a report on fugitives currently residing in other countries whose extradition is sought by the United States and related matters ..................................................................... 3 H.R. 3833, To require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram .......................................................................................................... 8 LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD APPENDIX Markup notice .......................................................................................................... 22 Markup minutes ...................................................................................................... 23 Markup summary .................................................................................................... 25 (III) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:37 Nov 08, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\WORK\_AGH\092216M\21607 SHIRL VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:37 Nov 08, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\WORK\_AGH\092216M\21607 SHIRL TO DIRECT THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT TO CONGRESS A REPORT ON FUGITIVES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHOSE EXTRADITION IS SOUGHT BY THE UNITED STATES AND RELATED MATTERS; AND TO RE- QUIRE A REGIONAL STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE THREAT POSED BY BOKO HARAM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA, GLOBAL HEALTH, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS, AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2:00 p.m., in room 2200 Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Christopher H. Smith (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. SMITH. Good afternoon, and the subcommittee will come to order. Pursuant to notice, we are here this afternoon to mark up H.R. 2189, Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster Justice and Extra- dition Act, as introduced, and H.R. 3833, To require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram, as introduced. The first measure, and I will be very brief, the Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster Justice and Extradition Act, was introduced by me along with my good friend and fellow New Jersey Congress- man Albio Sires. It has broad bipartisan support with an equal number of Demo- crats and Republicans as cosponsors. Roughly 1⁄3 of the 20 cospon- sors are members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, in- cluding Mr. Donovan from our subcommittee, and I invite others to consider joining on as cosponsors. The second measure, which seeks a regional strategy for com- bating Boko Haram, was introduced by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson and has 45 cosponsors including my good friend and col- league, Ms. Karen Bass. I am very supportive of its objectives and my staff has worked with Ms. Wilson’s staff on some of the text of that measure. Due to the fact there are a number of concurrent hearings and other events vying for the attention of the subcommittee members and having consulted with the ranking member, it is the intent of the Chair to expedite consideration of these measures by holding a vote on each measure separately followed by an opportunity to make comments. (1) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:37 Nov 08, 2016 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\_AGH\092216M\21607 SHIRL 2 All members have copies of H.R. 2189 and H.R. 3833 before them. After we have concluded our expedited consideration I’d be glad to recognize any member including myself and the ranking member for any statements on the issues and I would also invite Congresswoman Wilson to make any statement that she would like to make on her bill as well. All members are given leave to insert written remarks into the record should they choose to do so. Seeing that we do have the req- uisite number of members present, without objection the following will be considered read: H.R. 2189, the Walter Patterson and Wer- ner Foerster Justice and Extradition Act, as introduced, and H.R. 3833, to require a regional strategy to address the threat posed by Boko Haram, as introduced. 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The Chair moves that H.R. 2189, the Walter Patter- son and Werner Foerster Justice and Extradition Act, be adopted as introduced. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. Ms. BASS. No. Mr. SMITH. The ayes have it, in the opinion of the Chair. The item is adopted. Did you want to record a vote? Ms. BASS. Yes. Mr. SMITH. Ms. Bass requests to record a vote. Ms. BASS. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for holding this markup. In the unusual situation, with all due respect, I did want to ver- balize my opposition to H.R. 2189 and specifically my concern is is that this legislation could undermine what I believe has been con- siderable progress regarding the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Cuba since the normalization of relations was announced by President Barack Obama on December 17, 2014. The United States and Cuba are currently conducting a full spec- trum of bilateral negotiations with which to further establish work- ing relations between the two countries. With the resumption of full diplomatic ties following the reopen- ing of the respective Embassies in Washington and Havana, we have seen a number of announcements from the administration and travel to Cuba by U.S.